Canada’s Tekmira To Produce Experimental Ebola Treatment For U.S. DoD

Nov 07, 2014

Reuters: Tekmira to produce Ebola treatment for U.S. Dept of Defense
“The U.S. Department of Defense has exercised an option with Canada’s Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. for the company to make 500 courses of its experimental treatment for Ebola, Tekmira said on Thursday. The treatment targets the Ebola-Guinea virus variant, which is responsible for the worst outbreak on record that has hit hardest in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. It works by preventing the virus from replicating…” (11/6).